Automatic adjustable cultivator fender



Feb. 9, 1932. H. HEINEKEN 1,844,654

' AUTOMATIC {ADJUSTABLE CULTIVATOR FENDER Filed May 18, 1929 2Sheets-Shea?- 1 glww/ntoz vFeb- 9 2 H. HEINEKEN AUTOHATIG ADJUSTABLECULTIVATOR FENDER Filed May 18, 1929 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 9,1932 a STATES HARRY I-IEINEKEN, or vAL EYrALLs, Kansas AUTOMATICADJUSTABLE CULTIVATOR FENDER Application filed May 18,

ficient in use.

automatic adjustable fender.

With the foregoing and other objects in view that will appear as thenature of my invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel features of construction,

combination and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which are for illustrative purposes onlyand are therefore not drawn to scale:

Figure 1 is a top plan view, parts being broken away, illustrating theapplication of my invention.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section, taken on line 22 of Figure 1and Figure 3 is a detail horizontal section, taken on line 33 of Figure2.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of myinvention, and in which drawings like parts are designated by likereference characters throughout theseveral views, the numeral 1represents the cultivator, which may be of any ordinary or approved typenow in use and 2 designates my The fender 2 is of substantiallyrectangular oblong form and is disposed at the right hand side of thecultivator opposite the adjacent cultivator plow 3. The fender iscarried by the rear lower end of the hanger bar 4 pivoted at its upperend, as at 5, to the adjacent cultivator beam 6 and terminating in astraight depending portion 7 In carrying out my invention, a downwardlyand forwardly inclined strap iron 8, formed with a series of transverseopenings 9, is fastened to the casting 10 at the front end of thecultivator and the lower end of 1929. Serial No. 364,190.

this strap iron is adjustably connected to the depending terminalportion 7 of the hanger bar 4 by the larger and smaller telescopic pipesections 1]. and 12, respectively, or other equivalent means. Anadjustable clamp or collar 13 fits around the rear end of the smallerpipe section 12 and is adapted to abut against the frontend of thelarger pipe section 11. This construction permits the fender to befreely raised and lowered and secured to at the desired adjustment. Thedepending terminal portion 7 of the hanger bar 4 is provided with aseries of transverse openings 14 and the rear end of the larger pipesection may be adjustably connected therewith to regulate the relativethrow of the fender when the plow beam is moved. This connectionaforesaid may be made by a bolt and nut or other equivalent means. 7

The hanger bar 4 is disposed in parallel relation with the adjacentcultivator beam and the two sections of the adjustable pipe connectionbeing inclined or disposed toward the center, when the beams are drawntogether, the tendency is to lengthen the pipe sections and raise thefender and vice versa.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis thought that the construction, operation and advantages of myinvention will be readily under- 30 stood without requiring a moreextended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the prin- 5ciples or sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as definedin the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

In a device of the character specified, a fender, a hanger bar securedat its lower rear end to the fender and pivoted at its upper front endto the adjacent cultivator beam, the last mentioned end of said hangerbar terminating in a straight depending portion,

a downwardly inclined strap iron fastened to the front end of thecultivator, larger and smaller telescopic pipe sections, the formeradjustably connected at its rear end to the depending terminal portionof the hanger bar and the latter adjustably connected at its front endto the strap iron, and an adjustable clamp or collar carried by the rearend of the smaller pipe section and adapted to engage or abut theadjacent end of the larger pipe section.

In testimony whereof he afiixes his signature. n

HARRY HEINEKEN.

